Name: Athens livestock auction prices — 2021-01-14
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-01-14

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $116.39/cwt on 1,176 head.

Average price

$116.39

1,176 head · 648 lb average

Value per head Derived

$754

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$100

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$3.70/cwt at this weight

vs the market

+0.09

vs GA average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	656	116.88	767	1,022
Medium and Large 2	589	113.17	667	154

One grade step is worth $3.70/cwt here — about $100 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale1,176 hd

116.39

—

GA average18 barns · 2,603 hd

116.30

+0.09

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

15 lots · USDA AMS · Northeast Georgia Livestock Special Feeder Cattle Sale - Athens, GA

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	753	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	753	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	649	126.81/cwt	126.75–126.90	823	185
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	743	124.80/cwt	124.80–124.80	927	136
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	890	116.25/cwt	116.25–116.25	1,035	100
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	—	573	114.49/cwt	110.25–117.75	656	140
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	605	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	726	51
Steers	Medium and Large 2	—	570	127.50/cwt	127.50–127.50	727	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	784	122.25/cwt	121.75–122.75	958	82
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	470	153.25/cwt	153.25–153.25	720	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	—	554	142.00/cwt	142.00–142.00	787	91
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	651	116.50/cwt	114.25–117.00	758	738
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	759	112.66/cwt	108.50–113.00	855	136
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	555	127.00/cwt	127.00–127.00	705	67
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	466	128.50/cwt	128.50–128.50	599	53
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	—	903	101.00/cwt	101.00–101.00	912	28

How this sale compares

Georgia weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Georgia auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Georgia feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Northeast Georgia Livestock Special Feeder Cattle Sale - Athens, GA

Thu Jan 14, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Thomasville, GA (LS-TV)

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	753	100.00	100.00
140	—	573	110.25–117.75	114.49
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
738	—	651	114.25–117.00	116.50
136	—	759	108.50–113.00	112.66
67	—	555	127.00	127.00
53	—	466	128.50	128.50
28	—	903	101.00	101.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
185	—	649	126.75–126.90	126.81
136	—	743	124.80	124.80
100	—	890	116.25	116.25
82	—	784	121.75–122.75	122.25
52	—	470	153.25	153.25
91	—	554	142.00	142.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
51	—	605	120.00	120.00
10	—	570	127.50	127.50

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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